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xf86config problem-"server does not exist"

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Apr 5, 2001
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i put a new graphics card in, it took me through the usual Xconfig setup process, i chose 800x600 and 420x640 (or whatever the next one down from 800x600 is), and when it loaded KDE, it starts in 1280xsomething resolution.

i read the config README, and it said i needed a file called xf8gconfig_SVGA. i tried to re-run Xconfigurator, and it detects my video card and then exits, with an error that says "server does not exist, cannot continue. looked in usr/x11r6/bin/xf86Config_SVGA." i looked and sure enough, that file isn't there.

so how do i fix this? where do i find that file, how do i make it work? I know, i know, I'm an idiot.

thanks, M.austin
 
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